Satellite Cloud Product
NESDIS produces a Satellite Cloud Product (SCP) that supplements the ASOS ceilometer readings. This page merges the SCP data with the METAR observations for a given UTC date. Cloud level values are presented in feet above ground level. ECA represents estimated cloud amount expressed in percentage. An IEM Web Service provided the following JSON dataset for this page. Data is available for some sites back to 1993.
| SCP Valid UTC | METAR Valid Local | Satellite East Sounder | Satellite West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 84 | BKN | 31000 - 41000 | 61 | BKN@3500 OVC@4400 | KSMS 050555Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM BKN035 OVC044 09/08 A3012 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 88 | BKN | 32000 - 41000 | 64 | BKN@3400 OVC@4500 | KSMS 050655Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM BKN034 OVC045 09/08 A3011 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 41000 | 89 | BKN | 35000 - 43000 | 65 | FEW@1600 FEW@3600 OVC@4300 | KSMS 050755Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW016 FEW036 OVC043 08/08 A3011 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 32000 - 39000 | 82 | BKN | 35000 - 43000 | 54 | SCT@1800 BKN@2300 OVC@3200 | KSMS 050855Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR SCT018 BKN023 OVC032 08/08 A3013 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 36000 | 90 | BKN | 32000 - 39000 | 65 | FEW@300 BKN@2800 OVC@4000 | KSMS 050955Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR FEW003 BKN028 OVC040 08/08 A3009 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 41000 | 88 | BKN | 30000 - 42000 | 62 | BKN@300 OVC@3500 | KSMS 051055Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR BKN003 OVC035 08/08 A3010 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | OVC | 27000 - 34000 | 68 | OVC | 26000 - 35000 | 54 | BKN@400 BKN@2500 OVC@4200 | KSMS 051150Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN004 BKN025 OVC042 08/08 A3009 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 33000 | 77 | BKN | 27000 - 35000 | 60 | OVC@300 | KSMS 051255Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 08/08 A3008 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 36000 | 78 | BKN | 28000 - 38000 | 64 | OVC@300 | KSMS 051355Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR OVC003 08/08 A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 36000 | 90 | OVC | 34000 - 38000 | 69 | OVC@400 | KSMS 051455Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR OVC004 08/08 A3007 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 35000 | 86 | OVC | 35000 - 40000 | 69 | OVC@300 | KSMS 051555Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC003 08/08 A3004 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 38000 | 88 | OVC | 34000 - 44000 | 69 | OVC@400 | KSMS 051655Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR OVC004 08/08 A3001 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 32000 - 38000 | 85 | OVC | 32000 - 42000 | 68 | BKN@300 OVC@1800 | KSMS 051755Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR BKN003 OVC018 09/09 A2998 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 27000 - 36000 | 73 | OVC | 26000 - 39000 | 57 | OVC@500 | KSMS 051855Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR OVC005 09/09 A2995 RMK AO2 PWINO | ||